On Oct 17, 2007, at 10:40, Jerry Feldman wrote: > The issue of "patent trolls" is a troubling issue because there are > companies, such as IP Innovation LLC that exist simply to enforce > patents that were filed by others. I think that it may require some > patent reform legislation to fix this.
Is there something inherently wrong with the business model of a small inventor who licenses his inventions but outsources protection prosecution? I recognize many patent trolls don't resemble this arrangement, but it would be easy to squish the former in an attempt to squash the latter. -Bill ----- Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 603.252.2606 http://www.bfccomputing.com/ Page: 603.442.1833 Blog: http://blog.bfccomputing.com/ VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/